Hey!

So my event has the same theme :) We actually picked it because we were deadlocked between super hero, disney, and board games.

As for teams my TD committee is combining a list of ideas that we are going to hand out at our frist Team Captain meeting. It helps that as a committee we all had idea for the other themes but I would reccomend all the classic comic heros (its soo easy to combine that with Relay and FIGHTING for a cure), all the classic Disney characters, and of course the classic cartoons liek bugs bunny.

As for themes/entertainemnt we are still brainstorming but so far we are looking at a costume contest followed or preceded by a costume lap. The rest of our ideas aren't theme specific..

Hope it helps!

Stephanie Goodiwn

Relay For Life at FGCU-Event Chair

Like Ted, I Love it! Here are some ideas I have heard before:

• Cartooning For A Cure – THIS WORKS FOR THE WHOLE RELAY EVENT!!!!!!! – One relay event had Cartoons as the THEME FOR THE WHOLE EVENT, and every campsite had a cartoon theme!!!! Talk about neat! One site had a Dora Theme, another had Scooby Doo, another had Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck… You could have a Scooby Doo Theme for your campsite, or a Bugs Bunny Road Runner show theme… You could then use the themes listed under TV below… 5/04
• “Cartooning For A Cure” or “Toon Out Cancer” – Have each of your team members dress as a cartoon character to form your team… Decorate your tent like a cartoon house – maybe crazy colors, or something…. Have your cartoon characters walk the track with a Polaroid camera, and “sell” pictures for a $1 donation to the ACS – NOTE: Target parents with kids – they won’t say no to their kid wanting a picture with Wiley Coyote!!!! (Thanks to several different folks for this idea, including Jaime Lavigne 5/04)
• “Clowning Around For A Cure” – all dress as clowns, and face paint kids! (thanks to Jena Wilder 8-04)
• Disney theme – “We blew up the disney characters life size and hand painted them, it was lot of work but it was awesome.” (thanks to mmouse for the idea)
• Dr. Seuss –
• “the Cat In The Hat” - Thanks to hiramt824 for this great idea– “I am ordering the Dr. Seuss hats from orientaltrading.com. I know you can get them in different colors if needed.” What a great idea!!!!!! as well as Magiedcat for the latter two theme ideas!
• “The Cat In The Hat Is Working On A Cure!”
• “The Cure In The Hat!” – Have a hat with Cancer Control tips to prevent and make treating cancer more effective!
• “Green Eggs And Ham” – Cook up Green Eggs and Ham as a fundraising breakfast (food coloring in the eggs!)
• “Horton Hatches An Egg For A Cure” – Have someone dress as Horton, and hold a egg breakfast as a fundraiser for your team at the event… After a night of relaying, people will donate to raise money if they get a good breakfast! (thanks to R. Moorthy, Baltimore, MD)
• “How the Grinch Stole The Cure” – Have a Grinch who goes around giving “bad advice” to walkers about cancer (for example, telling them to eat high fat, high cholesterol diets)… Have another team member “thwart” the grinch by following him/her and ask those walkers what the correct answer is. If the walker gets it right, give them a prize. (thanks to R. Moorthy, Baltimore, MD)
• “Oh the places you will go"– Tarzan! – a team did a Tarzan theme; one team member drew a huge tarzan and a vine and the whole bit, and had the name “Wild Bunch” (thanks to mmouse for the idea!)
• "One Wish, Two Wish, You Wish, I Wish...for A Cure." – Thanks to MagieDCat
• “"The doctor is in, let the healing begin" Thanks to MagieDcat

Email rflvolunteer@gmail.com with questions. Good luck!